Researchers who have studied the
use of psychotropic drugs in France say that doctors do not take enough time to search for the causes of anxiety, insomnia and other symptoms of psychological distress.
Thérèse Lecomte, one of the authors of the CREDES report, says the study shows «indisputably» that the use
of psychotropic drugs in France is much higher than in other countries.
The studies focused on motor behavior, not mood disorders, but the team found that certain
classes of psychotropic drugs, such as the antidepressants known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors, had recognizable, characteristic effects on behavior.
But over the next thirty years, with the
introduction of psychotropic drugs and policy shifts toward community - based care, patient populations declined dramatically, leaving many of these massive buildings neglected and abandoned.»
Here are additional topics Henry Bauer thinks are not getting a fair evaluation (from his book, Dogmatism in Science and Medicine): «Unwarranted dogmatism has taken over in many fields of science: in Big - Bang cosmology, dinosaur extinction, theory of smell, string theory, Alzheimer's amyloid theory, specificity and
efficacy of psychotropic drugs, cold fusion, second - hand smoke...»
Workshop will review the current
status of psychotropic drug treatment of psychotic and major mood disorders, with an emphasis on the research base on which sound clinical practice rests.
This is directly comparable to the success
rate of psychotropic drugs in dealing with individual mental and emotional difficulties so there is reason for hope.
Françoise Bulle, spokeswoman for the National Union for the Pharmaceuticals Industry, says that use
of psychotropic drugs in France is not too high.
Folman's adaptation attempts to update some of the themes of Lem's book to fit our modern obsession with entertainment, but the original novel is more about the use
of psychotropic drugs to create a dream world in which everyone thinks himself happy.
Depression is escalating, world - wide, as is the use
of psychotropic drugs to treat it.
Use
of psychotropic drugs may result into a sluggish dog.
Given the diagnostic creep in the DSM and the increasing use
of psychotropic drugs, many more of us may be diagnosably crazy than we would've been before mental health treatment became so seemingly scientific.